True Crime

Why Are Women So Successful as Con Artists?

Tori Telfer looks at the enduring appeal of women scammers.

February 24, 2021  By Tori Telfer
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How Steroidal Injections Became the Delivery Mechanism for a Deadly Fungus

First, E. rostratum made its way into the human body. Then, it developed a taste for human blood.

February 23, 2021  By Jason Dearen
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8 True Crime Books You Should Read This February

The month's best books in nonfiction crime.

February 22, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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The Soothsayer: Rose Marks

Criminal Broads Presents: An Epic Scam

February 18, 2021  By Tori Telfer
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Scenes from a Small City Mob Life, Circa 1960

In midcentury America, gambling was part of everyday life. In Johnstown, PA, Russell Shorto's family was the center of the action.

February 16, 2021  By Russell Shorto
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Glamorous Immorality: A Brief History of Old Hollywood's Organized Criminals

Old Hollywood was full of mobsters, opportunists, bootleggers, and prostitutes. Somehow, they all (for the most part) got along.

February 11, 2021  By Donis Casey
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The Many Missing Children of Uttar Pradesh

In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, thousands go missing every year. The police often refuse to take these cases seriously.

February 11, 2021  By Sonia Faleiro
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How the Great Depression and WWII Gave Birth to the Modern Serial Killer

Why were so many of the 20th century's most infamous killers born between 1930 and 1950?

February 9, 2021  By Peter Vronsky
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Author, Pirate, Poet, Spy: The Secret Criminals of Classic Literature

Those authors you were forced to read in high school? Some of them dabbled in counterfeiting and piracy, too.

February 9, 2021  By Allison Epstein
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The Crime Books of Malta

At the center of the Mediterranean, a small island nation reckons with invasion, corruption, and organized crime.

February 8, 2021  By Paul French
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